Squier Affinity Club

[Gorn]

Any affinity PJ owners? How are they fairing a few months after they've come out? I'm thinking about picking one up later today.

 

[Ryan01880]

I want to join the club! I am a total noob and this Squier Affinity Series Precision Bass PJ is my first bass ever. I bought it on Christmas Eve and I totally love everything about it!

 

[gregmon79]

I want to join the club! I am a total noob and this Squier Affinity Series Precision Bass PJ is my first bass ever. I bought it on Christmas Eve and I totally love everything about it!

Great bass!! I got the black one as an Xmas gift from my girl. I changed a lot I the hardware already and I'll change the pups when I get some extra scratch. I dig the stock pups but they are a tad boomy for my setup. Other than that, it's a superb bass for the money. I love the feel, balance and neck on it. Plays great.

 

[archtop2]

Any affinity PJ owners? How are they fairing a few months after they've come out? I'm thinking about picking one up later today.

Go and pick one, great cheap bass.

Pros : fat P sound, light, good neck with very good trussrod response, good tuner keys, bridge good setup response, good base for modifications, bargain !

Cons: needs a full setup from the box, weak noisy (single coil) Jazz pup unmatched with the Precision would have deserved severe overwound

 

[2010Flap]

I got a squier jazz bass 😄

 

[FloridaSam]

I picked this up yesterday for $130.00. It's a 2001 Affinity P with flamey neck, Rio Grande Muy Grande P pickup, black 3 ply guard with brass screws and a gigantic Kahler brass bridge. This bass kills.

 

[marko138]

Here's my hot rodded Affinity. Started life as an Affinity, and a damn good one at that. Alder body. Maple/maple All Parts neck, Seymour Duncan SPB-4 pup, mirrored PG, Bad Ass II bridge.

 

[archtop2]

Nice T shirt
Love this bass, yeah ! Some Chris Aiken reminicence the dark blue fits that well

 

[ddhm]

Howdy Squier Affinity club (this is almost a re-post from the tricked out Squier club... got no help there),
I just picked up what I believe to be a 07 MiC Affinity J5 (SN CY0708XXXX) and am looking to get some new p'ups and probably pickguard. Here's my problem, I know diddly about Fender or Squier sizing... especially on a 5'er. I took a measurement of the neck and bridge and came out to about 4 inches on the bridge and about 3 3/4 - 15/16 on the neck, sound about right?
Have any of you fine folks done any pick up swapping on a similar model? What did you end up with? I'm most concerned with getting the right size, ya know? Are they the same size as a Fender J 5? Deluxe? Mex? USA? Before you ask, you betcha, I used the search before posting. I've kinda been beating my head against this for a day or 2.
From what I've read, They are standard Fender American size and a MiM pickguard would be the closest to fitting. Is that the case?

Thankee muchly,
Dan


EDIT:
Found the answer here:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/replace-affinity-jazz-v-pickups-626630/

Jeez, I can't for the life of me understand why that didn't come up in any of the search results before now.

 

[gregmon79]

Here's my affinity with the new EMG geezer p/j set. Very yummy. A lot more character than the stock pups (which weren't too shabby themselves).

 

[gregmon79]

 

[Bob Throb]

I find my 10 year old Indonesian p bass sounds way better than the newer Chinese ones.

 

[Thebrownarrow]

I had an Indonesian Jazz bass about 7 or 8 years ago. I am still kicking myself for getting rid of it. It sounded great, and was super comfortable to play. Loved that bass.

 

[MovingPitchers]

Well I don't own a squier but the one I used to have was a good workhorse. The g string tuning head did fall of because of crappy wood but it still maintained the tuning stability.

I kinda do miss it but I moved one to Fenders. Nor all squiers suck...those who claim they do are just complete gear snobs. Most likely they haven't played a ton of them.

 

[gregmon79]

I'll never sell my affinity. For one, it's worth more to me than it would be to sell it, two, I've modded the heck out of it and three, it's a bad a** bass. Plays, feels looks and sounds awesome. The balance is phenomenal.

 

[MovingPitchers]

I'll never sell my affinity. For one, it's worth more to me than it would be to sell it, two, I've modded the heck out of it and three, it's a bad a** bass. Plays, feels looks and sounds awesome. The balance is phenomenal.

Squiers are the best template for modding. The values of an American fender go down if you mod them so yeah.

 

[Diamond_Dave]

Is anyone assigning numbers in this club? I've PM'd the OP...if he doesn't want to do it, I will.

 

[psp742]

I need to join.. here is my $70 find.. a Squier Affinity P-Bass MiC Black SN NC769197 (i assume its 2007) it has lots of paint chips here and there and a major ding by the bridge.

fixed all the paint chips, upgraded the bridge, pickups and changed to staploks

Upgrades:
- Gotoh 201 high mass 4-string bass bridge (chrome)
- Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound SPB3
- Dunlop Straplok (black)
- GHS Bass boomers (45-105)

 

[Pentatonic]

My $99 J Bass from GC, looked like it had barely been played stickers still on it.

It sounds great with Fender flats and a new bone nut installed.

 

[psp742]

Pentatonic, congrats on your find.. $99 is a great deal. HUBD!